GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY/FEL108A
Course Title: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Credits 3 ECTS 4
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Ali DOMBAYCI
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/dombayci www.dombayci.com
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  dombayci@gazi.edu.tr malidombayci@gmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Knowing the definitions of philosophy
Learning the basic concepts and problems of philosophy
Learning the basic questions and concepts of the philosophy fields (epistemology, ontology, ethics, aesthetics...)
To be able to recognize the distinction between ordinary thinking and philosophical thinking.
To obtain information and awareness about the development and problems of philosophy.
Philosophy, religion, science, art and ideology to see about similar and different aspects.
Grasp the subject and method of philosophy.
To grasp that there are philosophies, not philosophy. To be able to penetrate the nature of tolerance and pluralism.
To be gain the ability consistent and systematic thinking and expression.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme componenet for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  What is thinking? What are the laws of Thinking?
2. Week  What are the characteristics of philosophical thinking?
3. Week  What is knowledge? What are the types of knowledge?
4. Week  What is the relationship between philosophical knowledge and other types of information?
5. Week  What are the philosophical currents caused by the problem of knowledge?
6. Week  The relation of being and knowledge.
7. Week  What are the philosophical currents caused by the problem of being?
8. Week  Mid-term
9. Week  What are the philosophical currents caused by the problem of being?
10. Week  Relationship between the human and the value
11. Week  Fundamental questions and concepts of morality.
12. Week  The relationship between morality, knowledge and being.
13. Week  Fundamental questions and concepts of the aesthetic field
14. Week  Relationship with Aesthetic being and knowledge
15. Week  A general assessment about the philosophy
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1- Ahmet Cevizci, Felsefe 2- Ahmet Arslan, Felsefeye Giriş 3- İsmail Tunalı, Felsefeye Giriş 4- Ali Osman Gündoğan, Felsefeye Giriş 5- Mübahat Türker-Küyel, Felsefeye Başlangıç
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question& Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  There is no training
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
1
20
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
4
7
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
2
4
8
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
2
3
6
 Preparing Presentation
1
2
2
 Presentation
1
2
2
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
2
4
8
 Final and Studying for Final
2
5
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
92
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.68
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Students have got the sufficiency about "department of philosophy and related fields teaching" and "educational sciences". They know the laws and rules about their profession.X
2Students take the theoretical and practical knowledge which is interested in "department of philosophy and related fields teaching" and "educational sciences" to solve the educational problems.X
3Students determine the educational problems and offer a solution these problems. They choose and practise the methods of analytic about these problems.X
4Students explain the theory, the model, the principle and the generalization about philosophy, psychology, sociology and logic. According to this explanation, they declare the basic principles of department of philosophy and related fields teaching.X
5Students know the individual, peripheral and social factors which have an effect on the human relations. By this way, they acquire effective listening, positive feedback and creative problem solving.X
6Students acquire some suffiencies that inquiry, evaluation, decision making, analyse and syntheses, relating between events, comparison, gain a different viewpoint, life-wide learning, logical thinking etc.X
7Students organize activity and material building about related field teaching. They choose and use the educational technology for quality education activity.X
8Students research and evaulate scientifically the notions and the idea about profession of a teacher and the education technology.X
9Students know the basic notion of growing and know the characteristics of adolescence and adult periods.X
10Students research related literature and use data bases. They use effectively the library, internet, the museum and the research center.X
11They acquire the skills that learning to learn, self-regulation, life long learning, critical thinking, creative thinking, logical thinking.X
12Students obey the professional and ethical rules and participate in the collusive practices. They protect the values of democratic, social, scientific, cultural and ethical.X